Paul O'Grady Quotes

I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.

I enjoy the freedom of living alone and not having anyone interfere with my belongings. I mean, I'm quite a selfish human being. I think being in the public eye and growing up, it's made me quite selfish in some respects. I can be extremely generous with friends, but in relationships I can be quite mean in terms of my time and my affections. I take people for granted, and I'm trying not to do that.

I've lived so deep under masks, my interior was built to satisfy me alone - I have lived almost 60 years alone, mentally, and quite content to have it so.

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.

I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help.

The liberty to live for self alone becomes in time a weary bondage.

I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.

I wanted my private life to be private. I just wanted to be a fighter.

Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.

Solitude is un-American.

The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

I just go at my own pace and I like control of the TV and I like to decide when I take a shower and wash the dishes and stuff like that. So I don't know who would want to live with me to be honest!

I've spent so much of my life travelling alone, so I keep things to myself.

I don't have any fear of death. I do, however, have an inordinate fear of becoming dependent on other people. To me, that's the severest test, not death.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection: that, though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear.

I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

Never count on the crowd to take care of you.

I know I have great inner strength; I always have. I can blank things out, cut people out, and I know that I can go and live in a cave on my own if necessary.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

I do need my independence. I have to have that.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups.